ord

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

ord, Ord.

1. order
2. (law) ordinance

Etymology 2

From Middle English ord, from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + Proto-Indo-European *dʰe- (“to set, place”). Cognate with North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”). See also odd.

Alternative forms

• orde

Noun

ord (plural ords)

1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point.
2. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of origin; a beginning.
   • 1897, Frank Cowan, The millionaire:

     "[...] But such is life — hard upon hard from ord to end; and if I had not been made of the best of neat-leather, the longer in water the tougher, I would have melted away with my tears long ago!"

   • 1924, Esmoreit, Adriaan Jacob Barnouw, An ingenious play of Esmoreit: the king's son of Sicily:

     [...] Tell me wholly as it was From ord to end how it did pass When first your father was of me ware.

3. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of land; a promontory.
   • 1900, Cai.:

     When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper .

4. (now chiefly UK dialectal) The point or edge of a weapon.

   Saul drew his sword, And ran even upon the ord. — Cursor Mundi.

   And touched him with the spear's ord. — Romance of Sir Otuel.

   • 1814, Henry William Weber, Robert Jamieson, Sir Walter Scott, Illustrations of northern antiquities:

     Hadubraht, the son of Hiltibrant, said, "Gladly gifts should be received; ord (spear's point) against ord.

Derived terms

• odds and ends

Anagrams

• dor , D. Or.
• dro
• RDO
• rod, Rod

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /oːr/, [oɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

ord n (singular definite ordet, plural indefinite ord)

1. word

Derived terms

• ordblind
• ordblindhed
• ordbog

Inflection

    Inflection of ord

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ord	ordet	ord	ordene
genitive	ords	ordets	ords	ordenes

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ord, ordd.

Noun

ord m (genitive oird, nominative plural oird)

1. sledgehammer

Declension

Declension of ord

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ord oird Vocative a oird a orda Genitive oird ord Dative ord oird

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ord na hoird Genitive an oird na n-ord Dative leis an ord don ord leis na hoird

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ord, ordd, from Latin ōrdō.

Noun

ord m (genitive oird, nominative plural oird)

1. (religion, agriculture, etc.) order
2. sequence, arrangement
3. (literary) ordered manner, rule
4. (literary) function
5. (ecclesiastical) prescribed form of service

Declension

Declension of ord

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ord oird Vocative a oird a orda Genitive oird ord Dative ord oird

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ord na hoird Genitive an oird na n-ord Dative leis an ord don ord leis na hoird

Derived terms

• fo-ord (“suborder”)
• ordaigh
• ordúil
• orduimhir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ord	n-ord	hord	t-ord
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• orde

Etymology

From Old English ord. Akin to Old Frisian ord "place, point", Old Saxon ord "point", Old High German ort "point, beginning", Old Norse oddr "point of a weapon". More at odd

Noun

ord

1. a point
2. the point of a weapon
3. a point of origin, beginning

Descendants

• English: ord

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”). Cognates include Danish ord, Swedish ord, German Wort, and English word.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /uːɾ/

Noun

ord n

1. word (a distinct unit of language with a particular meaning)

   Jeg forstår ikke dette ordet.

   I can’t understand this word.

2. word (something promised)

   Jeg gir deg mitt ord på at jeg skal være der i tide.

   I give you my word that I will be there on time.

3. word (a discussion)

   Kunne vi få et ord med deg?

   Could we have a word with you?

4. reputation

   Han har godt ord på seg.

   He has a good reputation.

5. (definite singular only) a permission to speak

   Jeg overlater ordet til min kollega.

   I’ll let my colleague speak.

Inflection

    Inflection of ord

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	ord	ordet	ord	orda/ordene
Nynorsk n	ord	ordet	ord	orda [ordi]

Derived terms

• gjetord
• komme til orde
• ordblind
• ordbok
• ordflom
• ord for ord
• ordgyter
• ordholden
• ordkløver
• ordlek
• ordrett
• ordspill
• ordspråk
• ta til orde

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“stab”). Cognates with Middle Dutch ort (Dutch oord), Old High German ort (German Ort), Old Norse oddr (Icelandic oddur, Swedish udd, Danish od).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ord/

Noun

ord m

1. point (especially of a weapon)
2. point of origin, beginning
3. front; vanguard, chief

Declension

    Declension of ord (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ord	ordas
accusative	ord	ordas
genitive	ordes	orda
dative	orde	ordum

Derived terms

• ordfruma

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin foras de

Adverb

ord

1. outside

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”).

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

ord n (pl ord, def sing ordet, def pl orden)

1. (linguistics) word; A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.
2. Something promised.
3. (computing) A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.

Declension

Declension of ord

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ord	ordet	ord	orden
genitive	ords	ordets	ords	ordens

Derived terms

• orda
• ordbok c
• ordspråk n
• ordstäv n
• ordlista c